Open Government Partnership Action Plan of Georgia

2018-2019

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TABLE OF CONTENTS

Introduction ...... 3 Action Plan Elaboration Process ...... 3 Open Government Partnership Forum ...... 3 Public Consultations ...... 4 Civil Society Recommendations ...... 4 Innovations of the Third Action Plan ...... 5 CHALLENGE I: IMPROVING PUBLIC SERVICES ...... 6 Commitment 1: Improved public services for all ...... 6 Commitment 2: Innovative platform for citizen engagement ...... 8 Commitment 3: Increasing access to public services by introduction of a Unified Authentication System (UAS) ...... 9 Commitment 4: Innovative platform of economic governance ...... 11 Commitment 5: Activation of an electronic portal for meeting the Environmental Assessment Code Requirements ...... 12 CHALLENGE II: INCREASING PUBLIC INTEGRITY ...... 13 Commitment 6: Strengthening of existing major Anti-Corruption Institutions ...... 13 Commitment 7: Public monitoring of sustainable development goals (SDGs) ...... 15 Commitment 8: Development of legislative acts based on citizen engagement and data analysis ...... 16 Commitment 9: Publication of court decisions on a unified database and creation of a Retrieval system ...... 17 Commitment 10: Increasing transparency of the Ministry of Internal Affairs ...... 18 CHALLENGE III: MORE EFFECTIVELY MANAGING PUBLIC RESOURCES ...... 19 Commitment 11: Increasing citizen participation in the oversight of public finances ...... 19 Commitment 12: Increasing transparency of the public grant funding system 21 Commitment 13: Electronic innovations for more transparency and efficiency of public procurement ...... 22 CHALLENGE IV: CREATING SAFER COMMUNITIES ...... 23 Commitment 14: Development of a housing document and an action plan ...... 23 CHALLENGE V: INCREASING CORPORATE ACCOUNTABILITY ...... 24 Commitment 15: Openness and accountability of state-sharing enterprises ...... 24 MUNICIPALITIES ...... 25 Commitment 1: Strengthening transparency and good governance in municipalities...... 25 . . . . Commitment 2: Improving the open data collection and publishing process in Akhaltsikhe and Kutaisi municipalities ...... 27 Commitment 3: Improving full-value engagement and participation of people with disabilities in political and social life in Akhaltsikhe and Kutaisi municipalities ...... 28 Commitment 4: Improving citizen engagement in budgetary processes in Batumi City by 29 introduction of an institutional mechanism of participatory budgeting ...... Commitment 5: Your Idea for the Zugdidi Mayor ...... 30 Commitment 6: Introduction and development of electronic services in Batumi and 31 Rustavi municipalities ...... Commitment 7: I. Gov. Zugdidi ...... 32 Commitment 8: Introduction of services assessment and citizen satisfaction level measurement system in Ozurgeti Municipality ...... 33 Annex ...... 35

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Introduction

The Government of Georgia considers the openness of governance, its transparency, accountability and engagement of citizens in the decision-making process as vital values for a democratic society and therefore, faithfully continues introducing fundamental principles of the Open Government Partnership (OGP) into the public governance.

Georgia was one of the first countries to join OGP in 2011 and has already accomplished several essential reforms in the framework of the previous three Action Plans.

In 2014, Georgia became a Steering Committee member of OGP; later in 2016 Georgia became a co-chair country of the Partnership. As a co-chair country, Georgia hosted the Fifth Global Summit of OGP on 17- 19 July, 2018. Representatives from over 70 countries, hundreds of CSOs, international organizations, academic circles and mass media took part in the event. Up to 80 plenary and panel sessions were held.

This document is the fourth OGP Action Plan of Georgia.

Action Plan Elaboration Process

Open Government Georgia’s Action Plan 2018-2019 (hereinafter - the Action Plan) was elaborated by the Open Government Georgia’s Secretariat (the Analytical Department of the Ministry of Justice of Georgia) in close collaboration with civil society, business sector and international organizations in the framework of the Open Government Georgia’s Forum (hereinafter - the Forum). The Secretariat launched its working process in collaboration with the Forum member public agencies, non-governmental and international organizations. The latter submitted the proposals and ideas on the future commitments to the Secretariat that, in their opinion, should have become part of the new Action Plan. Additionally, the Secretariat held individual meetings with the agencies not previously engaged in the activities of the Open Government Georgia.

Nongovernmental and international organizations have also submitted their recommendations to the Secretariat. Their ideas have been reflected in the Action Plan in the form of commitments. The USAID project Good Governance Initiative in Georgia (GGI) took an active part and supported the Secretariat in the consultation process. After the consultation meetings, the GGI project submitted recommendations to the Secretariat which were later reflected in the Action Part.

Open Government Partnership Forum – National Coordination Mechanism

The Forum is a permanent coordination mechanism for Open Government Georgia at the national level. The goals of the Forum, its activities and other procedural issues are reflected in the Forum Terms of Reference developed by the Secretariat together with the Forum members. The composition of the Forum is gradually increasing to better represent the responsible agencies and local and international organizations. As a result of development of the fourth Action Plan, the Forum increased its membership by 8 new members.

The Forum is led by co-chairs, one to represent the Government of Georgia and another to represent NGOs. The NGOs jointly nominate their candidate to the Forum to be elected by the Forum. Among other functions, the Forum supports elaboration of the Action Plan, plans and conducts public consultations,

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monitors and supports the Action Plan implementation, and raises public awareness about the Open Government Partnership. The Forum regularly meets on the premises of the Ministry of Justice of Georgia.

Together with regular working meetings, individual meetings and intensive consultations were also arranged between the Secretariat, responsible agencies and civil society. The final draft of the Action Plan was approved on July 13, 2018 by the Forum.

Public Consultations

According to the OGP regulations, the Forum, with the direct participation of NGOs/CSOs, elaborated the Countrywide Public Consultations Plan: the objective and scope of meetings, as well as responsible persons for holding such meetings from the government and non-government sector have been detailed in the mentioned plan.

Public consultations were held in 10 towns and cities of Georgia with the support of USAID Civic Engagement Centers and Community Centers of Public Service Development Agency. Up to 500 stakeholders participated in 13 meetings conducted across the country. Target groups for public consultations included: representatives of local government, media, NGOs, political parties, students, teachers, professors, and other stakeholders. Local media contributed to the processes as well. Not only were they involved in consultations as participants, but they also ensured coverage of the process and disseminating the information about the possibility for citizens’ participation in the process.

Recommendations by NGOs/CSOs

The Secretariat received recommendations in connection with the NAP commitments was presented from several CSOs. These included: Institute for Development of Freedom of Information (IDFI), Georgian Young Lawyers’ Association (GYLA), Transparency International Georgia (TIG), and Open Society – Georgia Foundation. Recommendations were also submitted to the Secretariat by the USAID and UNDP. In order to share those recommendations, the Secretariat arranged individual meetings with the relevant agencies. As a result, part of the recommendations was reflected in the relevant commitments of the Action Plan.

The recommendations and the Action Plan were finally discussed at the extended meeting of the Forum on July 13, 2018. At the same meeting the Forum agreed on the final version of the Action Plan.

Overview of the Action Plan

The Action Plan consists of 23 commitments of 21 responsible agencies which are in compliance with the OGP principles. The commitments envisaged by the Action Plan meet all the five grand challenges of OGP: Improving Public Services, Increasing Public Integrity, More Effectively Managing Public Resources, Creating Safer Communities, and Increasing Corporate Accountability.

The Challenge of Improving Public Services comprises five commitments: - Improved public services for all; - Innovative platform of citizen engagement; - Increasing access to public services through introduction of a unified system of authentication; - Innovative platform of economic governance; 4 | Page

- Activation of an electronic portal for meeting the requirements of the Environmental Assessment Code.

Five commitments envisaged by the Action Plan are related to Increasing Public Integrity. These are: - Consolidation of the existing main anti-corruption institution; - Public monitoring of sustainable development goals; - Development of legislative acts based on citizen engagement and data analysis; - Publishing court decisions in a unified database and creation of a retrieval system; - Increasing transparency of the Ministry of Internal Affairs (MIA).

The Challenge More Effectively Managing Public Resources is addressed by three key commitments of the Action Plan: - Increasing citizen participation in supervision over public finances; - Increasing transparency of the public grant funding system; - Electronic innovations for more transparency and efficiency of public procurement.

One of the most innovative commitments of the Action Plan is associated with the Challenge Creating Safer Communities: - Development of a housing document and action plan.

The Challenge Increasing Corporate Accountability is responded by the following commitment of the Action Plan: - Openness and accountability of state-shareholding enterprises.

As for 11 Municipalities, they respond to the OGP principles by the following commitments: - Consolidation of transparency and fair governance in municipalities; - Improving the open data collection and publishing process in Akhaltsikhe and Kutaisi municipalities; - Improving the full-value engagement and participation of people with disabilities in the political and social life of Akhaltsikhe and Kutaisi municipalities; - Improving citizen engagement in budgetary processes in Batumi City through introduction of an institutional mechanism for participatory budgeting; - Your idea to the Zugdidi Mayor; - Introduction and development of electronic services in Batumi and Rustavi municipalities; - I. Gov. Zugdidi; - Introduction of a system of assessment of services and citizen satisfaction level measurement in Ozurgeti Municipality.

The activities envisaged by the Action Plan will be implemented in 2018-2019 subject to the budget allocations to the responsible agencies1. In some cases the donor aid will be used.

Innovations of the Third Action Plan

While developing the Action Plan, the Secretariat took into account recommendations of NGOs and OGP to decrease the number of commitments and include only the commitments of transformation effect in the Plan.

Correspondingly, the Action Plan for the first time concerns such themes as increasing transparency of a state grant funding system, developing the housing policy, openness of the state-sharing enterprises, citizen engagement in the development of economic reforms or legislative acts, etc.

1 Budget of the 2018-2019 Action Plan of Open Government Georgia, Annex 1, p. 44 5 | Page

One of innovations of the OGP Action Plan of Georgia for 2016-2017 was engagement of municipalities/ self-governments. For the first time, the Action Plan saw the commitments of 5 municipalities as a separate, independent component. With the efforts of the Secretariat and support from the USAID and UNDP, the work in this direction continued. With co-organization of the USAID and Ministry of Justice of Georgia, as well as support of the Ministry of Regional Development and Infrastructure of Georgia, a meeting with all Georgian municipalities was arranged and held. The meeting considered the challenges and opportunities of the open government, the application of which will contribute to the strengthening of self-government. As a result, the Action Plan provides for the 11 municipality commitments now.

Challenge I: Improving Public Services

Commitment 1: Improved public services for all

The Government of Georgia (GoG) has taken many important steps to make an efficient public administration system, which is to enhance the rights and freedoms of people with disabilities. For this purpose the GoG has ratified international agreements, including the UN Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities (CRPD) and the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) 2015-2030, etc.

The LEPL Public Service Hall (PSH) is aimed at increasing and simplifying an access of citizens to public services. The PSH is the largest supplier of public services in Georgia. Therefore, hundreds of persons with disabilities (PWDS) make use of its services annually, throughout the country. In spite of improvement of the quality of servicing the persons with disabilities, they still face definite challenges in this process.

In order to cope with these challenges, it is necessary that: - The PSH would develop clear-cut procedures for its personnel in connection with servicing the PWDS; - The skills and competences of the PSH personnel would improve.

Within the framework of this Plan and with the direct participation of PWDS, a quality standard of serving PWDS, gesture language tutorial will be developed.

By meeting this commitment, the PSH will become the first public institution in Georgia having introduced the standard of serving the PWDS.

Commitment 1: Improved public services for all Lead Agency LEPL - Public Service Hall, Ministry of Justice of Georgia Public agencies Civil society/ Private Other Involved Sector/International Actors/Partners UNDP- Georgia; donor – the Government of Sweden organization

A quality service standard has been established at the PSH, which provides for rules of consumer communication and service procedures. However, said standard does not include special rules that need to be taken into account when serving PWDS. It is noteworthy that no other public service provider has developed such a standard and, correspondingly, there is no a Issues to be Addressed unified approach thereto, which would constitute a part of the state policy in the area of protection of the rights of PWDS. It is noteworthy that the language of gestures lacks denotations of the specific terminology used in public structures when providing public services. Additionally, the lack of standards and guides conditions low competence of the personnel of public service providers, which constitutes

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a serious barrier for PWDS. Improvement of the serving quality by developing for PWDS a standard of serving, gesture language tutorial and upgrading the PSH personnel in the Main objective serving of PWDS.

Technologies Public Transparency Accountability and Participation OGP Principles/Value Innovations   New or ongoing Milestones to fulfill the Commitment Start date: End date: commitment Study of needs (with direct participation of PWDS in the focus group and round table New June 2018 October 2018 format) Developing for PWDS a standard of serving New July 2018 October 2018 tutorial (1) Developing in the course of serving PWDS a training module suited to their needs; (2) Conduct of training trainers and New August 2018 November 2018 other training courses for the PSH personnel; Development of necessary terminology in the language of gestures for communicating with public institutions New July 2017 October 2018 and a relevant tutorial for PWDS and the PSH personnel. Personnel retraining for mastering the New September 2018 November 2018 language of gestures Raising awareness of public, particularly of PWDS and their family members about the New November 2018 December 2018 services adapted to PWDS available in the PSH. - Three focus groups with participation of PWDS to study needs have been held; - Engagement of PWDS in the process of the standard of serving and gesture language tutorial development, for which 4 meetings with PWDS in the round table format were arranged, has been ensured; - The PWDS Serving Standard has been developed and is accessible; - The Gesture Language Tutorial has been published and distributed through the organizations working on the rights of PWDS; Indicator - The Training Module has been developed and approved; - 50 PSH employees have been trained by means of Training Trainers, 750 – by means of other training courses, and 2- by means of the gesture language mastering course; - 80% of trainees have upgraded their skills being evidenced by the pre and post tests; - At least 80% of trainees positively assess the training; - Materials for raising awareness have been developed and distributed. Risks and assumptions Shortage of respective experts

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Commitment 2: Innovative platform for citizen engagement

The PSH plays a significant part in ensuring access to public services. It provides about 6 million consumers with up to 430 public services annually. Accordingly, its working process has an immediate and direct impact on every Georgian citizen.

Within the framework of OGP, the PSH plans to introduce into the Georgian reality a completely new, innovative platform of citizen engagement.

The platform’s concept is based on the principles of accountability, openness and transparency and implies the engagement of wide public through three different modules in the process of introduction of new services, perfecting the existing ones, making new service delivery channels, and the serving quality improvement.

Citizen participation in the decision-making process shall be ensured by the following modules: - Electronic public opinion survey – the process of implementation of new projects in the PCH shall be based on the electronic survey results. The consumers will select themselves new services and sequence of their introduction in the PSH. Surveys will also be used for planning other important projects. - Electronic voting system – the PSH clientele will be able to assess initiatives received as a result of different feedback channels and studies and vote for the most priority ones. The consumer will be able to lobby any initiative himself/herself and work by the voting process for arising society’s interest, for the initiative having gathered a majority of votes will be considered as a priority one; - Electronic feedback system – the consumer will be able to fix feedback without leaving home by using novel technologies. Once entered, the feedback will be reflected in a relevant program and the PSH will be able to promptly respond thereto. Such electronic feedback system will reduce the existing one-month response time to 24 hours. - Electronic accounting system – the openness and transparency of processes will be ensured by a specialized electronic accounting system, which will familiarize any interested person with comprehensive information in relation with any process taking place within the framework of the given project.

The following communication channels will be introduced within the framework of the project: - Mobile application – in any branch of the PSH, on every operator’s desktop, QR codes will be installed readable by a mobile application. On completion of assessment, the consumer will be provided with an electronic questionnaire or voting functional, wherein he/she can participate in the case of wish. - Web-page application – the customer will be able to use the PSH platform without leaving home, which shall be integrated on the official web-page of the PSH. - Sensor monitors – any PSH branch will be equipped with sensor monitors, enabling to use the web- platform. Sensor monitors could be freely used by PWDS: the software will be equipped with a sound function; in addition, the equipment will be adapted to blind and visually impaired persons. At that, the sensor monitor-built program will allow the customer leave an auditory message.

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Commitment 2: Innovative platform for citizen engagement Lead Agency Public Agencies Other Involved Civil Society/ Public Actors Sector/ International organization - At this stage, no possibility of citizen participation in the decision- making process by means of electronic poll/voting exists; - The consumer’s feedback receipt time in regional PSHs makes about a month; Issues to be Addressed - The existing feedback system is not adapted to needs of PWDS; - The ineffective feedback system fails to ensure engagement of wide circles of consumers in the process of changes planned by the PSH/

The use of simple, effective and diverse mechanisms will ensure the wide Main Objective public engagement in the services development and decision-making process. Technologies Public Transparency Accountability and Participation OGP Principles Innovations    New or ongoing Milestones to Fulfill the Commitment Start Date: End Date: commitment Development of software for the web- New September 2018 February 2019 page and mobile application Purchase of sensor monitors and necessary equipment; initiation of the New November 2018 March 2019 project. Public informing about the platform New March 2019 June 2019 Survey/voting process administration, New April 2019 August 2019 organizing focus groups, accountability - 100% of applications have been responded not later than in 24 hours; - The applicant may access the consideration results using online resources; - The level of awareness about the platform among the PSH clients is not less than 60%; - The number of feedbacks received in 6 months from the start of the Indicator project makes 500 on average; - Not less than 3 surveys/voting and 3 focus groups have been arranged, wherein the total number of participants makes 5,000 on average; - The results received by using the platform, as well as the reports on the implemented projects have been proactively published.

Commitment 3: Increasing access to public services through introduction of a Unified Authentication System

Public electronic services essentially differ from the “classical” online services. For conducting an activity, the electronic mail system, social network, blogs system, etc. do not need to know physically who stands behind the consumer. Suffice for them to ensure that no unauthorized person could use the service on behalf of the consumer. In the case of the public electronic services, it is not sufficient; the physical identity of the consumer needs to be also known here. Currently, different mechanisms allowing for the

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more or less correct physical identification/authentication of a person operate in Georgia. Such mechanisms are generally in the hands of public institutions with developed infrastructure and cannot be shared by other institutions. As a result, a significant part of the information protected in the state/public structures is not electronically accessible for citizens.

The purpose of a Unified Authentication System (UAS) is to give any public (and private in perspective) institution a wide choice of personal identification tools in the online space and to get over thus one of the most serious barriers in the way of their service digitization process. The UAS shall be managed by the Public Service Development Agency, which is the public registry maintenance body in Georgia and has competence for reliable personal identification. In this case, other public institutions will be able to concentrate generally on completion of own databases and online accessibility of the information kept therein and save thus significant resources.

The prevention of unauthorized disclosure of information stored in public databases has different criticality. The UAS will allow public institutions define themselves the critical level of the publishable information and suit accordingly the personal identification difficulty thereto. This will release the user from the necessity of using the card and PIN code for accessing less critical information.

Commitment 3. Increasing access to public services through introduction of UAS LEPL – Public Service Development Agency (PSDA), Ministry of Justice of Lead Agency Georgia (MoJ) Public Agencies Other Involved Civil Society /Private Actors Sector/International organization Today, for the purpose of public services online accessibility, each public agency has developed own web-portal, where the users, for authentication purposes, individually register and only after that can make use of any service. As a result: - Citizens need an individual registration for each different system, with different name and password; - Frequently such registration requires coming to the site, video ring, etc.; - Organizations themselves had to independently work on the part of authentication when working on the digitization of own services ; Issues to be Addressed - This causes an improper spending of resource of said citizens and organizations. The UAS ensures existence of a reliable and protected online authentication in the country, which will contribute to an increase in accessibility of public services, information openness and simplicity of accessing it, because: - In all switched on systems (whether private or public), the user will need the same user’s name and password or ID card and PIN code (as well as Mobile ID in the future); - Organizations will easily digitize own services.

Main Objective Development of a UAS in the country. Technologies Citizens Transparency Accountability and Participation OGP Principles Innovations    New or ongoing Milestones to Fulfill the Commitment Start date: End date: commitment

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Launching the UAS in the operating mode and integration with the PSDA share-point New June 2018 December 2018 or other system of nonpublic use. The UAS integration into distant services New July 2018 December 2018 of the PSDA. Preparation and initiation of legislative amendments for delivery of the UAS to New July 2018 June 2019 other agencies. The UAS integration into systems of other New December 2018 December 2019 organizations. The USA has been integrated into: 1. Before the end of the first quarter of 2019, in the system of 1 Indicator organization at least (apart from the Agency itself). 2. Before the end of 2019, in the system of 10 organizations at least. - Delay in approval of legislative amendments; Risks and Assumptions - Shortage of resources and/or preparedness on the part of organizations to be included in the system.

Commitment 4: Innovative platform of economic governance

The Ministry of Economy and Sustainable Development of Georgia commits itself to create an interactive portal, which shall ensure maximum engagement of society and the private sector in the economic policy development process, effective decision making, transparency of processes and the business environment predictability growth.

The portal will place: • Brief description of each economic reform, justification of necessity and international experience; • Draft laws; • Reform progress and implemented work; • Questionnaire to be filled out for fixing an opinion about the reform.

The user will have a possibility: • To fix own view in connection with the priority of different reforms. • To present an initiative that could be supported by voting in its favor; in case the issue gains a sufficient number of supporters, it will be considered by the Economic Analysis and Reforms Department under the Ministry of Economy and Sustainable Development.

Commitment 4: Innovative platform of economic governance Lead Agency Ministry of Economy and Sustainable Development of Georgia Public Agencies Other Involved Civil Society/ Private Actors Sector/International organization Upon implementation of economic reforms, at different stages the engagement of stakeholders and social groups for ensuring consultations, assessments and adaption of reforms to citizen needs takes place. However, Issues to be Addressed this is not a regular process, being more of a fragmentary character. The purpose of the Ministry of Economy and Sustainable Development is to increase the wide public engagement in the reforms’ initiation, development and implementation process. 11 | Page

Increasing society engagement in the economic reforms’ planning and Main Objective implementation process. Citizens Technologies Transparency Accountability Participation and Innovations OGP Principles   New or ongoing Milestones to Fulfill the Commitment Start date: End date: commitment Interactive web-portal YOU. Conceptual New May 2018 December 2018 perfection of GOV platform. Interactive web-portal YOU. Promotion New November 2018 June 2019 of platform GOV. All functions of the Portal have been activated; the web-portal has at least Indicator 500 visitors monthly.

Irregular update of the Portal; delayed responding to fixed views, Risks and Assumptions communicated initiatives.

Commitment 5: Activation of an electronic portal for meeting the Environmental Assessment Code requirements

To fulfill the commitment provided for by the OGP Action Plan for 2016-2017 (Commitment #16), Parliament of Georgia on June 1, 2017 adopted an “Environmental Assessment Code” (EAC). The Code regulates the decision-making procedure of a competent body concerning implementation of activities having a serious influence on the environment and human health. In addition, the Code has also introduced tools of making different decisions by competent bodies, which are absolutely new for Georgia. These tools will be activated at a stage-by-stage basis in Georgia.

Since the EAC establishes new decision-making rules, the Ministry’s purpose is to change approaches and practice and find a technical instrument for full-value introduction of new requirements. Accordingly, within the framework of this plan, the government aims at introducing such technical instrument, which will ensure timely and unimpeded access to information and effective participation of society at all the decision-making stages.

Commitment 5: Activation of an electronic portal for meeting the Environmental Assessment Code requirements LEPL – Environmental Information and Education Center (EIEC), Ministry of Lead Agency Environmental Protection and Agriculture. Ministry of Internally Displaced Persons from Occupied Territories, Labor, Public Agency Health and Social Affairs of Georgia Other Involved Civil Society Actors /Private Sector/ International organization Parliament of Georgia, on June 1, 2017, adopted an “Environmental Assessment Code”. The Code regulates the decision-making procedure of a competent body concerning implementation of activities having a serious Issues to be Addressed influence on the environment and human health. In addition, the Code has also introduced tools of making different decisions by competent bodies, which are absolutely new for Georgia. For effective introduction of new regulation, the existing approaches and practice need to be changed.

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Ensuring public access to environment-related information and decision- Main Objective making processes.

Citizens Technologies and Transparency Accountability OGP Principles Participation Innovations   New or ongoing Milestones to Fulfill the Commitment Start date: End date: commitment Identification the possibilities of creating a new portal or of using the existing New October 2018 September 2019 portals. Correct identification of the information to be placed and functions; the portal New October 2018 January 2019 structure development. Activation of the portal; functional New January 2019 June 2019 loading. State-by-stage placement of taken New June 2019 September 2019 decision before activation of the portal Indicator The portal has been activated and contains relevant information; information is timely updated. Risks and Assumptions Looking for donor aid necessary for making and activating the portal and; Change of activities implementation given the hardware and software problems.

Challenge II: Increasing Public Integrity

Commitment 6: Strengthening the existing major Anti-Corruption Institutions

Pursuant to the Corruption Perceptions Index prepared by the Transparency International, Georgia, according to the 2017 data, is ranked the 46th among 180 countries. As for the World Justice Project (WJP) Rule of Law Index, Georgia is ranked the first in the Central Europe and East Asia Region and the 38th in the world among 113 countries (2017-2018 Edition). The political will of the GoG for the drive to combat corruption has been expressed in the commitments undertaken by the government on the international arena, new strategic documents and purposeful anti-corruption policy.

The GoG is aware that the combat against corruption cannot be a single reform or a process restricted in time. The prevention of corruption requires constant and continuous efforts for establishing an honest and accountable public service.

For the purpose of promoting the effective implementation of a common anti-corruption policy, an Anti- corruption Interdepartmental Coordination Council has been established. The Council operates based on the basic anti-corruption policy implementation principles: complexity, corruption reduction and result- targeted approach, law rule protection, coordination among state agencies, civil sector engagement, accountability and consideration of foreign experience, process transparency, etc. The key structures in terms of fighting corruption are the Division of the Criminal Prosecution of Corruption Crimes of the Chief Prosecutor’s Office and the Anti-Corruption Agency under the State Security Service of Georgia. The former is responsible for investigating and prosecuting especially serious corruption crimes, while the latter – for the fight against public offences committed by persons employed in the public sector and implementation of the measures for investigating, identifying and preventing such crimes.

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Commitment 6: Strengthening the existing major Anti-Corruption Institutions Chief Prosecutor’s Office of Georgia, State Security Service of Georgia, Lead Agency Ministry of Justice of Georgia Public Agency Civil Service Bureau Other Involved Civil Society /Private EC project, Transparency International – Georgia, Institute for Actors Sector/ International Development of Freedom of Information (IFID), Open Society – Georgia organization Foundation, Georgian Young Lawyers Association (GYLA). In spite of recent significant efficiency of the ACC, the priority of the GoG is the constant improvement of corruption combat mechanisms. At that, according to international recommendations and views of the non- governmental sector representatives, the ACC and other anti-corruption bodies need to be further strengthened. Under this plan, the GoG commits Issues to be Addressed itself to identify the effective corruption combat means, to strengthen the respective anti-corruption bodies based on the appropriate assessment and analysis. Given the above, the government’s aim is to minimize all the forms of corruption, including the corruption of complex form. The GoG shall hold respective consultations with the civil sector. In terms of fighting corruption, institutional strengthening of anti- Main Objective corruption divisions in the principal anti-corruption bodies based on their corruption risk assessment and increasing accountability of the ACC. OGP Challenge Improving public service Technologies Citizens Transparency Accountability and Participation OGP Principles Innovations    New or ongoing Milestones to Fulfill the Commitment Start date: End date: commitment Elaboration by the Secretariat of the Anti- Corruption Council (ACC) in cooperation with the Anti-Corruption Council and OGP October 2018 March 2019 Forum members of a Corruption Risk Assessment Methodology. According to the Corruption Risk Assessment Methodology, assessment of corruption risks in anticorruption divisions March 2019 September 2019 (informing the corruption risk assessment progress to the Forum and consideration at the Forum). Enhancing accountability of the ACC Council (ACC shall submit an annual report New April 2019 December 2019 to Parliament of Georgia) According to the corruption risk assessment results and needs, strengthening of the Anti-Corruption Agency under the State Security Service of New September 2019 December 2019 Georgia the Division of the Criminal Prosecution of Corruption Crimes of the Chief Prosecutor’s Office. Periodical trainings of persons engaged in the investigation of corruption crimes and criminal prosecution in the direction of specialization, including the matters of New January 2019 November 2019 corruption crimes committed by legal persons and international corruption crimes investigation and criminal

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prosecution.

The Corruption Risk Assessment Methodology has been prepared. The corruption risk assessment has been conducted in cooperation with Indicator independent experts and pursuant to law. Specialization of respective trainees has improved.

Commitment 7: Public monitoring of sustainable development goals (SDGs)

Administration of the GoG in cooperation with partner agencies shall develop and introduce in 2018 a new electronic system (SDG Tracker), the purpose of which will be the effective and transparent conduct of monitoring of the UN Sustainable Development Goals - SDGs). By means of said system any stakeholder will have a possibility to retrieve information online about the progress achieved in accordance with specific goals.

The SDG Tracker will ensure at a national scale the gathering of the newest information about the activities carried out by the public agencies for meeting the SDGs in once space and its citizen accessibility.

Commitment 7: SDG Tracker Lead Agency Administration of the Government of Georgia Public Agency LEPL – Data Exchange Agency Civil Society/ Private Partners Sector /International UNDP in Georgia; IDFI organization The UN SDGs are a constituent part of the internal reforms of the GoG. The goals’ nationalization and introduction process started in 2015, while the direct implementation phase continues since 2018. This process involves 11 ministries and many other governmental organizations. The monitoring and accountability goals require the creation of a common electronic platform, which will simplify interagency coordination and make Issues to be Addressed the goals implementation process and outcomes transparent in the country. The system will link the UN goals and tasks with the country’s internal policy documents and provide information about the public financial resources in a specific direction. All this will enable citizens and stakeholders to familiarize themselves with the government aspirations of the next year, to see the planned and conducted activities and assess the progress. Along with the UN SDGs, assessment and efficient management of the Main Objective governmental policy. Citizens Technologies and Transparency Accountability Participation Innovations OGP Principles    New or ongoing Milestones to Fulfill the Commitment Start date: End date: commitment Activation of the internal electronic system (the internal operations system New September 2018 December 2018 will be accessible only for governmental agencies). Activation/functional setup of the SDG web-page, including SDG Tracker and New October 2018 December 2018 other components, where the internal system data are generated.

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Promoting the SDG Tracker as the governmental policy monitoring and New February 2019 December 2019 assessment possibility. Activation of the information part of SDG Tracker web-page – placement of a schedule/information related to all the New February 2019 December 2019 projects, ongoing or planned activities at a national scale. The SDGs Monitoring and Assessment System has been developed and Indicator introduced; the SDGs Tracker web-page is functioning.

Commitment 8: Development of legislative acts based on citizen engagement and data analysis

Within the framework of the OGP Action Plan of Georgia for 2016-2017, the administration of the GoG, in cooperation with the MoJ, initiated the development of a Unified Regulatory Impact Assessment and Monitoring System (RIA).

The system serves the establishment of an evidence-based decision making process and implies the making of a situational analysis on the basis of ex-ante assessment. The ex-ante assessment makes it possible to identify specific problems and develop and plan legislative acts adapted thereto.

The government’s purpose is to make the preparation of the RIA report mandatory under the current plan. It is of importance that a consultation with both the relevant experts and wide public is an integral part of ex-ante assessment. In this way the government constantly ensures citizen participation in the drafting of laws or strategic documents and, accordingly, the making of decisions adapted to their needs.

Commitment 8: Development of a monitoring and analysis system for legislative acts Lead Agency Administration of the Government of Georgia, MoJ of Georgia Public Agency Parliament of Georgia Other Involved Civil Society /Private Actors Sector Today, the government structures do no use the situational analysis method while developing legislative initiatives. This ensures correct definition of the Issues to be Addressed problem and respective goals/tasks, which will, in the end, facilitate a reliable calculation of expected impacts (economic, social, etc.) of a specific legislative amendment. Identification, assessment and effective management of legislative initiatives Main Objective based on a situational analysis. Citizens Technologies and Transparency Accountability Participation Innovations OGP Principles     New or ongoing Milestones to Fulfill the Commitment Start date: End date: commitment Drafting a law on regulatory assessment New September 2018 March 2019 and monitoring of legislative acts. Developing a unified framework and methodology for assessing and monitoring New December 2018 December 2019 of legislative acts.

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A draft law on regulatory assessment and monitoring of legislative acts as has Indicator been submitted to the GoG for consideration; The unified RIA framework and methodology has been developed.

Commitment 9: Publishing court decisions in a unified database and creation of a retrieval system

Publishing court decisions in a unified database and ensuring their accessibility serve the improvement of the court system’s transparency, accountability and efficiency. The Supreme Court of Georgia started to work on the above within the framework of the OGP Georgia Action Plan 2016-2017.

Today, court decisions in Georgia are published by the Supreme Court of Georgia on own web-page. As regards common courts, a special web-page (http://info.court.ge) has been created for them, which, according to a decision by the High Council of Justice, shall function in the future as a unified registry of court decisions (the first and second court instances, as well as the Supreme Court).

The creation of a unified platform is important, although the quality of information accessibility placed thereon is more important. In this regard and taking into account the international experience, Georgia can introduce additional functions in the newly established registry. This primarily implies the placement of information about the participants in the process and proactive publishing of more information related to bookkeeping.

Under the given commitment, a united system with the following modules will be created: - A module for searching cross-hatched/shaded court decisions and final documents; - A module for publishing and searching of public announcements; - The litigant’s web-space; - A module for searching of scheduled sessions.

Commitment 9: Publishing court decisions in a unified database and creation of a retrieval system Lead Agency Supreme Court of Georgia Public Agencies Common Courts, High Council of Justice of Georgia Other Involved Civil Society /Private Actors Sector Today, court decisions in Georgia are published by the Supreme Court of Georgia on own web-page. As regards common courts, a special web-page (http://info.court.ge) has been created for them, which, according to a decision by the High Council of Justice, shall function in the future as a unified registry of court decisions (the first and second court instances, as well as the Supreme Court).

Issues to be Addressed The creation of a unified platform is important, although the quality of information accessibility placed thereon is more important. In this regard and taking into account the international experience, Georgia can introduce additional functions in the newly established registry. This primarily implies the placement of information about the participants in the process and proactive publishing of more information related to bookkeeping.

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Proactive accessibility of court decisions is the most important component and prerequisite of the Court system. The existence of a unified standard Main Objective of proactive publication of information about court decisions and proceedings is of importance in this direction. Technologies Citizens Transparency Accountability and OGP Principles Participation Innovations    New or ongoing Milestones to Fulfill the Commitment Start date: End date: commitment Development of a performance specification of a retrieval system for the Ongoing July 2018 December 2018 unified database of court decisions. Development and introduction of a Ongoing December 2018 September 2019 retrieval system for a unified database Publication of court decisions in a unified Ongoing September 2019 December 2019 database Activation of a search module for (1) public announcements (2) court litigant’s Ongoing September 2019 December 2019 web-space and (3) scheduled sessions - The module for searching cross-hatched/shaded court decisions and final documents has been activated; - The module for publishing and searching of public announcements Indicator has been activated; - The web-space of court applicant/litigant is accessible; - The module for scheduled sessions is functioning.

Commitment 10: Increasing transparency of the Ministry of Internal Affairs

The Ministry of Internal Affairs (MIA) is the most important part of the executive power, the principal functions of which include safeguarding of public safety and protection of public order. To ensure public trust force-enforcement bodies, the MIA shall, according to a recommendation of the Forum member NGOs, take important steps for improving accountability and transparency.

Commitment 10: Increasing transparency of the Ministry of Internal Affairs (MIA) Lead Agency Ministry of Internal Affairs of Georgia Public Agency Other Involved Civil Society /Private Actors Sector /International organization (1) The MIA has actively worked for improving public access to public information lately: Since 2018 statistics of complaints/applications has been maintained. The motive of an alleged offence communicated by the applicant and other parameters are registered. Engagement of the alleged offender(s) in disciplinary proceedings is ensured. The applicant is notified in writing of Issues to be Addressed the disciplinary proceedings’ results carried out by the General Inspection on the basis of a written application, whereas in case the information is received through the hot line (126), the initiator is informed by telephone. In practice, a report concerning the official checkup conducted by the General Inspection and signed by the General Inspection chief has never been revoked by the Minister, as well as in no case the disciplinary liability

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measure has been changed. Today, the statistical data maintenance by the MIA is not based on a systematized procedure and is not governed by a bylaw and/or memorandum, which in some cases interferes with information accessibility. However, the work to regulate the process is under way.

(2) The MIA also commits to follow a transparent manpower policy, so that the issues of policeman recruitment, promotion, disciplinary liability or discharge shall be free from any ambiguity.

Increasing transparency quality of the MIA; promoting public trust and Main Objective accountability. Citizens Technology Transparency Accountability OGP Principles Participation and innovation   New or ongoing Milestones to Fulfill the Commitment Start date End date commitment Clear writing out of statistical maintenance procedures, terms and New August 2018 December 2018 responsible bodies through making a standard consolidated document. Proactive publication of complaints/applications, as well as of the New January 2018 January 2019 official checkup results. Development of disciplinary proceedings conduct guidelines within the framework New September 2018 September 2019 of reforming the General Inspection of MIA2 Analysis of official transfer, encouragement and discharge procedures New August 2018 December 2019 and making relevant regulatory amendments where necessary - Statistical information maintenance guidelines have been worked out; - Complaints/applications, also the official checkup results are proactively published; - Disciplinary proceedings conduct instructions/guidelines have been Indicator developed; - Official transfer, encouragement and discharge procedures have been analyzed.

Challenge III: Better Management of Public Resources

Commitment 11: Increasing citizen participation in oversight of public finances

Within the framework of the OGP Georgia Action Plan 2016-2017, the State Audit Office (SAO) an innovative analytical platform “Budget Monitor”, by means of which wide public has a unique possibility to obtain comprehensive information about the state budget, public resources management issues, audit findings, issued recommendations nd the state of their implementation. In addition, the platform will

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enable every citizen to address the SAO in connection with existing shortcomings in the management of public finances and to participate in the next year’s audit plan completion. For increasing citizen partuicipation in this process and the platoform efficiency, the SAO shares the recommendation of the OGP’s Independent Reporting Mechanism (IRM) and aims to introduce a feedback mechanism for citizen addresses and notifications. This will make it possible to constantly track the status of responding to citizen addreses and notifications (including anonymous).

To ensure co-participation, the SAO plans to introduce an additional tool – preparation of audit results in the form easily accessible by society.

Commitment 11: Increasing citizen participation in oversight of public finances: implementation of effective tools for citizens feedback Lead Agency State Audit Office Public Agency Other Involved Advisory group comprised of the representatives of the SAO and civil Civil Society/Private Actors sector working on the issues of citizen participation in the supervision of Sector public finance management. The low index of citizen participation in the budgetary process remains a challenge, which is evidenced by the 2017 Open Budget Survey assessment of citizen participation score (22 points out of 100). The reasonof the abioe can be both mistrust on the part of citizens and the lack of necessary effective means for their participation. In response to the above, the SAO aims to cteate such mechanism of Issues to be Addressed citizen participation, which will make it possible to condtantly track the status of responding to citizen addreses and notifications. The introduction of a transparent system will contribute to increaste public trust in the SAO and to create an effective mehanism for timely responding to citizen requests/claims. The SAO plans to integrate said mechanism into the Budget Monitor, which is a clear example of continuation of the OGP commitments. Promotion of better management through citizen participation in the Main Objective oversight of public fianances.

Citizens Technology Transparancy Accountability Participation and Innovation OGP Principles     New or ongoing Milestones to Fulfill the Commitment Start date End date commitment Creation and introduction by the Budget Monitor of a feedback mechanism for New May 2018 December 2018 citizen notifications Organization by the SAO of 5 working meetings at least with duifferent focus Ongoing January 2018 December 2018 groups for raising awareness. The feedback mechaism for citizen appeals and notifications has been Indicator introduced, through which constant track of the status of responding to the addresses and notifications (including anonymous) is possible.

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Commitment 12: Increasing transparency of the public grant funding system

Administration of the GoG will, together with partner agencies, start in 2018 work on reforming the existing grant funding system of state/public institutions in order to ensure transparency and efficiency of the given sphere.

To date, Georgian legislation does not provide for general principles and procedures for allocation of grants by ministries and legal entities of public law. No uniform regulatory standard for allocation of grants by public institutions exists.

Under this commitment, standards of financing for public agencies will be established and detailed principles will be written out. Administration of the GoG will, together with partner agencies, draft amendments to the Law on Grants to be considered with stakeholders and will submit it to Parliament of Georgia befor the end of 2019.

Commitment 12: Increasing transparency of the public grant funding system

Lead Agency Administration of the GoG Public Agency Parliament of Georgia, Ministry of Finance Other Involved Civil Society / Private Actors Sector /International Civil Society Institute organization To date, Georgian legislation does not provide for general principles and procedures for allocation of grants by ministries and legal entities of public law. Additionally, a number of public institutions, including self- governments are not included in the public granting system. One of the components of the present initiative implies regulatory establishment of basic standards and principles (including unbiased and participatory decision making, preliminary identmification and publication of selection criteria, avoidance of conflict of interest, process Issues to be Addressed t6ransparency, etc.). These should be sufficiently clear for making the grant funding a reliable and transparent process. At that, according to these standard-principles, individual state agencies will have a possibility of a detailed arrangement of the process. The initiative incidentally implies authorization of local self-government with the use of the grant allocation mechanism, which shall, in a number of cases, facilitate better fulfillment of functions, encouragement of inter- municipal initiatives, active citizen participation in this process and on-site encouragement of different initiatives. Reforming the existing system of grant allocation by the state/public Main Objective institutions; increasing its transparency, accessibility and efficiency.

Technology Civil Transparency Accountability and Participation OGP Principles Innovation     New or ongoing Milestones to Fulfill the Commitment Start date End date commitment Holding consultations with different public institutions, CSOs, and experts for drafting New December 2018 December 2018 legislative amendments Drafting amendments to the Law of New December 2018 September 2019 Georgia on Grants.

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Submission of the draft amendments to December 2018 New September 2019 the law to stakeholders Initiation of the draft amendments to the December 2018 New December 2018 law in Parliament of Georgia. The draft amendments to the law have been submitted to Parliament of Indicator Georgia

Commitment 13: Electronic innovations for more transparency and efficiency of public procurement

The Public Procurement Agency (PPA), with the support of the World Bank (WB) and the Department of International Development (DFID), also in cooperation with the Open Contracting Partnership (OCP) actively works on the introduction of the Open Contracting Data Standard (OCDS). It should be noted that the OCDS implies introduction of an open data standard for publication of structured information on all stages of a contracting process: from planning to implementation.

OCDS sets out 4 levels for disclosure (3 main and 1 additional: 1) basic; 2) intermediate; 3) advanced; and 4) additional. The PPA intends to meet the standards of the 3rd and 4th levels in accordance with OCDS.

Currently, the works of the Stage 1 have been completed to ensure the OCDS introduction, which implies regular disclosure of the available information about both the aggregated and individual purchases in the special machine readable format (JSON) on a specially made new web-page.

At the Stage 2, the PPA plans further extension of the OCDS, which implies disclosure annual purchase plan of purchasing organizations in a special machine readable format, also the creation for the authorized users for direct access to the direct database the application of program interface (API) and creation of web-page of new visualization.

Commitment 13: Electronic innovations for more transparency and efficiency of public procurement

Lead Agency LEPL – Public Procurement Agency (PPA) Public Agency Other Involved Civil Society / Private Actors Sector /International organization Public procurement information is open to any stakeholder. Information is posted in a unified electronic system of public procurement, although it Issues to be Addressed should be mentioned that the collection of necessary data is not automated and requires significant human resource and new data processing tools. Further development of the level of transparency and free and simplified access to information. This information will be usable by all economic Main Objective operators, also for the civil society concerned. This will simplify planning of business and the public finances monitoring process.

Technology Civil Transparency Accountability and Participation OGP Principles Innovation     New or ongoing Start date End date

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Milestones to Fulfill the Commitment commitment Transfer of the current year information available in the module of public

procurement electronic annual plans built Ongoing December 2018 January 2019 in the e-procurement system and

disclosure on the web-page - opendata.spa.ge Creation of a web-page of new visualization on the database generated by OCDS (the new web-page will assist Ongoing March 2018 December 2018 users in retrieving desired information in any correlation) Creation of an API for accessing OCDS- Ongoing July 2018 December 2018 based database Ensuring rather detailed (minimum of the second level) instructions of the CPV Ongoing May 2018 December 2018 codes in electronic tenders of the E- Procurement system. OCDS-based database update; complete December 2019 coverage of historical data created since Ongoing January 2018 (ongoing regularly) 2011 and systemic update of current data. The new web-page of e-tenders data visualization and the application of program interface (API) have been developed. The data are Indicator published/disclosed in accordance with OCDS – the Public Procurement Agency completely meets Level 3 of the OCDS.

Challenge IV: Creating Safer Communities

Commitment 14: Developing housing policy document and action plan

The homelessness problem handling, given its complexity, requires from the State the identification of both short-term and long-term priorities. Accordingly, the government aims at creating within the open government framework an interagency commission/council, which will analyze the current state, challenges, and develop a housing policy document and action plan.

Commitment 14: Developing housing strategy document for the realization of a right to housing Ministry of Internally Displaced from the Occupied Territories, Labor, Health Lead Agency and Social Affairs of Georgia Ministry of Regional Development and Infrastructure; Ministry of Economy and Public Agency Sustainable Development; municipalities; Parliament of Georgia. Other Involved Civil Society / Private Actors Donor organizations Sector / International organization

To date, the country lacks a unified vision and strategy, which would serve as a basis for stage-by-stage handling of the problem locally. Legislative regulations, including a correct homeless status establishment methodology, Issues to be Addressed are vague in the part of distribution of the rights and functions of the central and local governments. Accordingly, the conduct of unified, complex activities, which will be continuous in time and regularly ensures the elimination of defects, is necessary. Main Objective The main objective of the housing document making is that the State would, 23 | Page

through identifying the existing needs, develop a vision in the form of the housing policy document and action plan, which shall meet the homelessness challenges in Georgia on a stage-by-stage basis.

Civil Technology and Transparency Accountability Participation Innovation OGP Principles   New or ongoing Milestones to Fulfill the Commitment Start date End date commitment Establishment of an interagency New January 2019 March 2019 commission/council Development of the housing policy document and action plan by New July 2019 December 2020 engagement of different groups Submission of the housing policy New May 2021 September 2021 document and action plan for approval Indicator The country has the housing policy document and action plan. The issue is complex and its successful implementation depends on the Risks and Assumptions engagement of respective donor and civil society.

Challenge V: Increasing Corporate Accountability

Commitment 15: Openness and accountability of state-owned enterprises

An important direction of the LEPL – National Agency of State Property (NASP) represents the management/disposal of state-owned enterprises (SOEs). The major objective of management of enterprises by the State is the effective implementation of the functions important for the State. Also, the State tries to develop business rather than act as its competitor. The NASP continues the policy of minimization in relation to state-owned enterrpises.

Such enterprises provoke a special public interest. Studies published by different organizations speak on lack of transparency of SOEs and on the necessity of introducing information accessibility standards therein. In this respect, of importance is the existence of information concerning the enterprises with 100% state sharing under the management of the NASP. At that, the enterprises were committed to proactively publish reports, including both the financial and conceptual parts.

For the purpose of increasing accountability and corporate responsibility of enterprises, it is important that the Agency would develop a corporate management guide, which will define the general enterprise management principles and directions. It is important that the Agency-developed guide would be based on the best relevant international practice.

Commitment 15: Openness and accountability of state-owned enterprises LEPL – National Agency of State Property (NASP); Ministry of Economy and Lead Agency Sustainable Development of Georgia Public Agency Other Involved Civil Society/ Private Institute for Development of Freedom of Information (IDFI); Georgian Young Actors Sector /International Lawyers Association (GYLA) organization Studies published by different organizations speak on lack of transparency of Issues to be Addressed SOEs and on the low quality of information accessibility standards. The SOEs

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provoke a special public interest; therefore, it is important that the stand ard of openness and accountability be improved. Increasing transparency of The SOEs activity and establishment of a unified Main Objective corporate management standard. Technology and Transparency Accountability Civil Participation Innovation OGP Principles   New or ongoing Milestones to Fulfill the Commitment Start date End date commitment Development by the Agency for state- owned enterprises of a unified template containing the name of enterprise, contact data, information about its establishment, management, capital, activity, state share in its capital; at that, June 2018 October 2018 the template shall also indicate the financial standing and outcomes of the enterprise. Information shall be published on the Agency’s web-page nasp.gov.ge Drafting a state-owned enterprises September 2018 December 2019 corporate management guide Information about the state-owned enterprises under the unified template Indicator has been published on the Agency’s web-page; the corporate management guide for state-owned enterprises has been drfated. Enterprises failure to specify and audit annual financial plan and/or submit it on time. The project development/approval depends on the passing oth e Risks and Assumptions Law on Entrepreneurs; accordingly, delayed passing of the Law will interfere with the guide drafting.

MUNICIPALITIES Commitment 1: Strengthening transparency and good governance in municipalities

Municipalities annually dispose of significant budgetary funds. Transparent and fair use of budgetary funds is the major priority of municipalities.

In connection with the above, one of the principal challenges for a number of municipalities is that they lack a strategic document to analyze the challenges/threats faced by the good governance, identify the ways of their solution and activities for enhancing the good governance standards.

Based on the above, the Forum-member municipalities will develop a medium-term strategy for increasing transparency and integrity, wherein the integrity and transparency guiding standards will be established. For introducing the standards, a biennial action plan will be developed.

The introduction of transparency and integrity standards will essentially facilitate the improvement of the democratic governance quality in these municipalities.

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Commitment 1: Strengthening transparency and good governance in municipalities

Lead Agency Akhaltsikhe Municipality Town Hall; Dedoplistskaro Municipality Town Hall; Khoni Municipality Town Hall; Ozurgeti Municipality; Ozurgeti Municipality Town Assembly; Rustavi Municipality Town Hall; Tskaltubo Municipality Town Hall; Dusheti Municipality Town Hall; Bolnisi Municipality Town Hall. Public Agency Civil Society/ Private Akhaltsikhe Municipality Town Hall partner: USAID-funded Good Sector /International Governance Initiative in Georgia (GGI); organization Ozurgeti Municipality and Town Assembly partners – local NGOs: Progress House, Guria Youth Resource Center, Georgian Democratic Development Other Involved Union; Actors Rustavi, Tskaltubo, Dusheti, Bolnisi, and Khoni municipalities’ partner: UNDP; Decentralization and Good Governance at the Local Level in Georgia (DGG) project; donor – Danish Government; Dedoplistskaro Municipality Town Hall partner: German Development Agency – GIZ, local self-governance program.

To date, municipalities lack a strategic document, wherein the transparent and good governance standards would be established. In spite of the efforts fulfilled for introducing the democratic governance Issues to be Addressed principles, the creation of a respective strategic framework is necessary, which significantly facilitates the enhancement of transparent and good governance in municipalities. Enhancement of transparent and good governance in Akhaltsikhe, Khoni, Main Objective Ozurgeti, and Dedoplistskaro municipalities. OGP Challenge Increasing integrity in public sector; better management of public resources.

Transparency Accountability Civil Technology and OGP Principles Participation Innovation    Milestones to Fulfill the Commitment New or ongoing Start date End date commitment Preparation of a situational analysis of Fourth quarter New December 2018 transparent and good governance 2018 Preparation of an initial release version of First quarter the transparency and building integrity New March 2019 2019 strategy and action plan Public consideration of the initial release First quarter versions of the transparency and building New June 2019 2019 integrity strategy and action plan n. Approval of the Transparency and Building Second quarter Integrity Strategy (2019-2022), Action Plan New September 2019 2019 (2019-2020) and monitoring framework The Transparency and Building Integrity Strategy (2019-2022), the respective Indicator Action Plan (2019-2020) and the monitoring framework have been developed and approved by the Municipality Assembly.

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Commitment 2: Improving the open data collection and publishing process in Akhaltsikhe and Kutaisi municipalities

The open data concept holds a special place in the open government process. The GoG maintains open data at both the central and local levels on a daily basis.

The open data publication in a regular and proper form enables citizens, the business sector and any stakeholder to familiarize with the state data and make using them innovative applications, business projects and electronic services.

For regular and effective use of open data, the LEPL – Data Exchange Agency under the Ministry of Justice, within the framework of the OGP Georgia Action Plan 2014-2015, created an open data portal www.data.gov.ge. Since creation of the portal up to this day, the placement of data thereon is carried out with a low frequency and intensity, and especially on the part of local government.

The Kutaisi City Municipality with the support of UNDP has developed and approved an anti-corruption strategy and action plan. The anti-corruption activity will be conducted using an innovative model Islands of Integrity. A part of the anti-corruption action plan represents the proactive publication of open data. However, one of the major challenges for Akhaltsikhe and Kutaisi municipalities is shortage of necessary capabilities for collecting and processing open data in the appropriate formats (XML, CSV).

Based on the above, the Akhaltsikhe and Kutaisi municipalities shall work out an Open Data Action Plan 2019-2020, the effective implementation of which will significantly improve the open data collection, processing and publishing capabilities in Akhaltsikhe and Kutaisi municipalities.

Commitment 2: Improving the open data collection and publishing process Akhaltsikhe Municipality Town Hall Lead Agency Kutaisi Municipality City Hall Public Agency Other Involved Civil Society/ Private USAID-funded Good Governance Initiative in Georgia (GGI); Actors Sector To date, Akhaltsikhe and Kutaisi municipalities maintain and publish open data in a rather limited amount in the appropriate formats (XML, CSV). Issues to be Addressed At that, the municipalities lack a specific plan on how to improve the municipality capabilities for facilitating the open data collection, processing and regular publication. Enhancing the capabilities for the open data collection, processing and Main Objective publication in Akhaltsikhe and Kutaisi municipalities. Increasing integrity in the public sector; better management of public OGP Challenge resources. Civil Technology and Transparency Accountability OGP Principles Participation Innovation   New or ongoing Milestones to Fulfill the Commitment Start date End date commitment Preparation of a situational analysis in Fourth quarter connection with open data collection, New December 2018 2018 processing and publication. Preparation of an initial version of the Open First quarter New March 2019 Data Action Plan (2019-2020) 2019 27 | Page

Public considerations of the initial version of First quarter New June 2019 the Open Data Action Plan (2019-2020) 2019 Approval of the Open Data Action Plan (2019- Second quarter New June, 2019 2020) and monitoring framework 2019 The Open Data Action Plan (2019-2020) and monitoring framework have Indicator been developed and approved by the Municipality Assembly.

Commitment 3: Improving the full-scale engagement and participation of people with disabilities in the political and social life of Akhaltsikhe and Kutaisi municipalities

The protection of rights of people with disabilities (PWDS) is the priority task of the GoG. Frequently, the full-value engagement and participation of the PWDS in the political and social life is interfered with the absence of necessary infrastructure, because of which they fail to attend sessions and meetings held in administration buildings. Said challenge is particularly felt at a local level. The Akhaltsikhe and Kutaisi municipalities attach great importance to the adequate and inclusive engagement of population in the decision-making or service receipt process. The municipalities mentioned here ensure adaptation of their administration buildings to the PWDS needs.

Commitment 3: Improving the full-scale engagement and participation PWDS in the political and social life of Akhaltsikhe and Kutaisi municipalities Akhaltsikhe Municipality Town Hall Lead Agency Kutaisi Municipality City Hall Public Agency Other Involved Civil Society/ Private Actors USAID-funded Good Governance Initiative in Georgia (GGI); Sector The full-value engagement and participation of the PWDS in the political Issues to be Addressed and social life is interfered with the absence of necessary infrastructure in the Akhaltsikhe and Kutaisi municipalities. Ensuring full-value engagement and participation of the PWDS in the Main Objective political and social life in the Akhaltsikhe and Kutaisi municipalities.

OGP Challenge Improvement of public services; creating safer communities

Civil Technology and Transparency Accountability OGP Principles Participation Innovation    New or ongoing Milestones to Fulfill the Commitment Start date: End date: commitment

Analysis of the municipality administration Fourth quarter building facilities regarding the Georgian New December 2018 2018 legislation requirements

Identification of needs and development of First quarter TOR (terms of reference) necessary for New March 2019 2019 adapting the building Second quarter Adaptation of the building to PWDS needs New December 2020 2019 The municipality administration building has been adapted and PWDS Indicator have a possibility of adequate engagement in the political and social life of the municipality.

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Commitment 4: Improving citizen engagement in budgetary processes in Batumi City through introduction of an institutional mechanism of participatory budgeting

The transparent and purposeful planning of the local budget with wide citizen engagement is the priority task of Batumi Municipality City Hall.

For improving citizen engagement in the budgetary processes, Batumi Municipality City hall shall develop and introduce an institutional mechanism of participatory budgeting.

Commitment 4: Improving citizen engagement in budgetary processes in Batumi City through introduction of an institutional mechanism of participatory budgeting Lead Agency Batumi Municipality City Hall Public Agency Other Involved Civil Society/ Private USAID-funded Good Governance Initiative in Georgia (GGI); Forum- Actors Sector /International member NGOs. organization A significant part of a new wave of the local self-government reform represents the introduction of new mechanisms of citizen engagement in the decision-making process at a local level and the creation of real facilities. Issues to be Addressed The lack of institutional mechanisms necessary for participatory budgeting is a serious challenge for Batumi Municipality City Hall. A problematic issue is also the low motivation of citizen engagement in the budgetary processes, which seriously affects the engagement intensity and quality. Main Objective Improvement of citizen engagement in the budgetary processes OGP Challenge Better management of public resources Civil Technology and Transparency Accountability OGP Principles Participation Innovation    New or ongoing Milestones to Fulfill the Commitment Start date End date commitment

Establishment of district contacts in the First quarter Batumi City Municipality Budget according to New October 2018 2018 the city’s administration units

Approval of the relevant legislative Third quarter framework for introducing an institutional New October 2018 2018 mechanism of participatory budgeting Promotion of the system of participatory Third quarter New December 2018 budgeting; raising citizen awareness. 2018 Conduct of the participatory budgeting Third quarter New December 2018 process 2018 Allocation of respective amounts in the 2019 Batumi City Municipality Budget for Fourth quarter New December 2018 implementing a project/projects identified 2018 during the participatory budgeting Promotion of the participatory budgeting Fourth quarter New March 2019 results 2018

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− District contacts have been established according to the city’s administration units; − The relevant legislative framework for participatory budgeting has Indicator been approved; − The system of participatory budgeting has been introduced; − Amounts for implementing a project/projects identified during the participatory budgeting have been allocated in the 2019 Budget. The issue is complex and its successful implementation depends on the Risks and Assumptions engagement of the respective donor and civil society.

Commitment 5: Your idea for the Zugdidi Mayor

The project “Your Idea for the Zugdidi Mayor” implies the creation of an electronic portal, through which the Zugdidi population will communicate with the Town Mayor by proposing a specific idea/initiative. This will facilitate the deepening of cooperation between the local self-government and citizens and raising the civic responsibility. The Town Hall commits to be more accountable to citizens and to respond the entered ideas, even if, due to some restrictions, they are not implementable.

Commitment 5: Your idea to the Zugdidi Mayor Lead Agency Zugdidi Municipality Town Hall Public Agency Zugdidi Municipality Assembly Other Involved Civil Society/ Private Actors Sector/ International organization The Zugdidi Municipality Town Hall takes an active part in the implementation of many projects directed at enhancing the citizen Issues to be Addressed engagement in the exercise of local self-governance. The Town hall has also set up Subject Councils for the purpose. In spite of this, citizen interest and activity is low, which can be ascribed to different reasons. By way of supporting the citizen initiatives and creating real Main Objective cases/examples, stimulation of citizen participation in the local government activities and the decision-making process. OGP Challenge Better management of public resources Civil Technology and Transparency Accountability OGP Principles Participation Innovation    New or ongoing Milestones to Fulfill the Commitment Start date End date commitment

Approval of regulations on the making of an New June 2018 October, 2018 e-portal

E-portal making and activation New October 2018 June 2019 Informing population about the e-portal New June 2019 December 2019 The e-portal has been made; portal familiarization meetings with citizens Indicator have been held; 10 proposals have been entered through the e-portal. The issue is complex and its successful implementation depends on the Risks and Assumptions engagement of the respective donor and civil society.

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Commitment 6: Introduction and development of electronic services in Batumi and Rustavi municipalities

The improvement of access to municipal services for local population is one of the major goals of the Batumi Municipality City Hall’s activity. The Batumi Municipality City Hall understands that electronic services are the cheapest, comfortable and rapid services deliverable by the State. Within the framework of this plan, the Batumi Municipality City Hall commits to introduce and develop five (5) electronic services.

Commitment 6: Introduction and development of electronic service in Batumi and Rustavi municipalities Batumi Municipality City Hall; Lead Agency Rustavi Municipality Town Hall Public Agency USAID-funded Good Governance Initiative in Georgia (GGI); Forum- Other Involved Civil Society/ Private member NGOs; UNDP; Decentralization and Good Governance at the Actors Sector/ International Local Level in Georgia (DGG) project. organization

Creation of a unified system based on the principles of e-governance upon exercise of self-government is one of the most important and priority direction of the open government. The Batumi Municipality City Issues to be Addressed Hall needs support in terms of electronic services development. The introduction of such services will make it possible to launch the one- window service system. Main Objective Improving accessibility of municipal services OGP Challenge Improvement of public services Civil Technology and Transparency Accountability OGP Principles Participation Innovation    New or ongoing Milestones to Fulfill the Commitment Start date End date commitment

Analysis of key business processes related to Third quarter municipal services in the system of Batumi New December 2018 2018 Municipality City Hall

Introduction of a participatory budgeting module New First quarter 2019 June 2019

Introduction of e-petitions module New First quarter 2019 June 2019 Introduction of a spatial arrangement and Second quarter New September 2019 architecture module 2019 Introduction of a property management Third quarter New December 2019 services module 2019 Introduction of a healthcare and social Second quarter New September 2019 welfare services module 2019

Indicator 5 electronic services have been introduced The issue is complex and its successful implementation depends on the Risks and Assumptions engagement of the respective donor and civil society.

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Commitment 7: I. Gov. Zugdidi

For improving citizen engagement, in addition to regulatory mechanisms, Zugdidi Town Assembly shall, using modern technologies, facilitate enhancement of citizen engagement in the local-government activities, also the introduction and development of the accountability and publicity principles.

Within the framework of this plan, the Municipality Assembly will generate a multifunctional mobile application - I.Gov.Zugdidi. The application will contain: - Municipality timetable, for example, regular sessions and agenda; - Dates of holding in the town of various cultural or sport events; - Tentative start and end dates of implementable infrastructural projects, etc.

The application will enable a citizen to obtain information about the municipal healthcare and social welfare programs, the terms of using a specific and a list of documents to be submitted to the Town Hall for the purpose. The same principle can be applied for getting information about a building permit. The application also provides for introduction of a feedback. Citizens would also communicate to the self- government information about the existing infrastructural problems or other urgent issues. The application will be provided with a function of sending figures and textual data.

Commitment 7: I.Gov.Zugdidi Lead Agency Zugdidi Municipality Assembly Public Agency Zugdidi Municipality Town Hall Other Involved Civil Society/ Private Actors Sector/ International organization The Zugdidi Municipality Assembly constantly works on raising the awareness of citizens of the local self-government activities. However, frequently, because of time, spatial-territorial or other reasons citizens Issues to be Addressed cannot engage in the self-government activities; they lack information about the municipal services, offices and, generally, on the activities of the self-government bodies. The project aims at rapid and effective delivery of information about activities of the Zugdidi self-government bodies using modern Main Objective technologies; also increasing accountability and ensuring citizen participatory process. Raising integrity in the public sector; improvement of public services. OGP Challenge

Civil Technology and Transparency Accountability OGP Principles Participation Innovation   New or ongoing Milestones to Fulfill the Commitment Start date End date commitment

Generating the application January 2019 May 2019

Information campaign about the application June 2019 August 2019 Enabling the application September 2019 December 2019 The application properly operates and is accessible for citizens; the Indicator application has a feedback facility. Limited access of some citizens to the Internet and/or low interest in the Risks and Assumptions use of the application.

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Commitment 8: Introduction of a system of assessment of services and citizen satisfaction level measurement in Ozurgeti Municipality

The Ozurgeti Municipality Assembly and Town Hall actively work on the perfection of services rendered to their citizens and the introduction of a system of monitoring of the indicators presented in the program budget. This commitment aims at introducing a system of assessment of services rendered by the local self-government to the population and measurement of the citizen satisfaction level, which is to raise the citizen awareness and engagement in the decision-making process.

Commitment 8: Introduction of innovative methods for effective governance and citizen engagement Lead Agency Ozurgeti Municipality Assembly and Town Hall Public Agency Other Involved Civil Society/ Private THE FORUM-MEMBER NGOS; NATIONAL PARLIAMENTARY LIBRARY OF Actors Sector/ International GEORGIA organization - Lack of a system of assessing the service rendered to population and measuring the citizen satisfaction level; - Low awareness of the modern technology possibilities; Issues to be Addressed - Shortage of modern methods and innovative technologies; - Low interest of citizens in the engagement in the decision-making process. Introduction of a system of assessing the service rendered to population Main Objective and measuring the citizen satisfaction level. Better management of public resources OGP Challenge

Civil Technology and Transparency Accountability OGP Principles Participation Innovation     New or ongoing Milestones to Fulfill the Commitment Start date End date commitment

Setting up a planning group for identifying the New September 2018 October 2018 service delivery assessment indicators.

Setting up a working group of skilled New October 2018 December 2018 observers for measuring the indicators.

Collection of service delivery data New January 2019 March 2019 Comparing the results with the indicators and New March 2019 June 2019 adjusting the service management Introduction of the project “Self-government for Education” – promotion of the self- government importance and encouragement New September 2018 September 2019 of the youth engagement in the decision- making process (conduct of awareness raising activities) - The system of assessing the service rendered by self-government to population and measuring the citizen satisfaction level has been introduced; Indicator - Assessment of services delivered to population and its outcomes informing to population takes place twice per annum; - Information meetings within the framework of the project "Self- government for Education” have been held.

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The issue is complex and its successful implementation depends on the Risks and Assumptions engagement of the respective donor and civil society.

Agencies responsible for the Action Plan implementation

1. Administration of the Government of Georgia 2. Ministry of Justice of Georgia 3. Ministry of Economy and Sustainable Development of Georgia 4. Ministry of Internal Affairs of Georgia 5. Ministry of Internally Displaced Persons from the Occupied Territories, Labor, Health and Social Affairs of Georgia 6. LEPL –Public Service Development Agency 7. LEPL –Public Service Hall 8. State Audit Office 9. LEPL – Public Procurement Agency 10. LEPL – National Agency of State Property

Municipalities 1. Akhaltsikhe Municipality Town Hall 2. Batumi Municipality City Hall 3. Bolnisi Municipality Town Hall 4. Dedoplistskaro Municipality Town Hall 5. Dusheti Municipality Town Hall 6. Zugdidi Municipality Town Hall 7. Zugdidi Municipality Sakrebulo/Assembly 8. Ozurgeti Municipality Sakrebulo/Assembly 9. Ozurgeti Municipality Town Hall 10. Rustavi Municipality Town Hall 11. Kutaisi Municipality City Hall 12. Tskaltubo Municipality Town Hall 13. Khoni Municipality Town Hall

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Annex 1 Action Plan Budget

Total value of activity Corresponding budget-provided program (Program code and name) /Name of corresponding Fiscal Commitment Responsible agency Source of finance Note municipality/municipality program, with the indication deficit of program Amount Currency Code

Commitment 1: Improved public services LEPL Public Service 26 08 "Land Market Development (WB)" – Donor financing (UNDP) 199,298.7 GEL for all Hall (PSH) purposeful grant Negotiations concerning funding with UNDP are Commitment 2: Innovative platform for under way; in case the 26 08 "Land Market Development (WB)" – PSH State Budget 250,000.0 GEL √ citizen engagement funds are not found, purposeful grant they shall be allocated from the State Budget

Administration costs, Commitment 3: Increasing access to 26 10 “Development and Accessibility of the LEPL Public Service acquisition of a unified public services through introduction of a Agency’s own funds 290,000 GEL √ Public Service Development Agency”, other Development Agency authentication system unified system of authentication law-stipulated income/own funds

Ministry of Economy Budgetary funds of 24 01 01 Sub-program Commitment 4: Innovative platform of State Budget and Sustainable 3,500.0 GEL - within the framework of program “Economic economic governance (in the range of allocations) Development Policy Development and Implementation" Budgetary funds of 31 12 02 sub-program Commitment fulfillment Commitment 5: Activation of a an “Introduction of an Environmental Electronic LEPL Environmental does not require electronic portal for meeting the State Budget System” within the framework of “Education Information and 250,000.0 GEL additional funds. Said Environmental Assessment Code (in the range of allocations) Information Accessibility and Environment Education Center amount is envisaged in requirements Education Promotion Program”. the 2018 budget.

26 01 "State Policy Development and Management, including Implementation of Ministry of Justice, State Budget (administration Commitment fulfillment the Criminal Law System Reform for the Commitment 6: Strengthening the existing General Prosecutor’s costs, in the range of does not require Purpose of Legal Support of Lawmaking and major Anti-Corruption Institutions Office, State Security allocations) additional funds National Interests”; Service 33 00 "Prosecutor’s Office of Georgia”; 20 01 "Protecting National Security"

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Corresponding budget-provided program (Program Fiscal Commitment Responsible agency Source of finance Total value of activity Note code and name) /Name of corresponding deficit municipality/municipality program, with the indication Administration of Commitment 7: Public monitoring of SDGs Donor financing (UNDP) 37,545 GEL 04 00 Administration of GoG GoG 04 00 Administration of GoG; 26 01 "State Policy Development and Commitment 8: Development of legislative Administration of State Budget Commitment fulfillment Management, including Implementation of acts based on citizen engagement and data GoG, Ministry of (administration costs, in the does not require the Criminal Law System Reform for the analysis Justice range of allocations) additional funds Purpose of Legal Support of Lawmaking and National Interests”;

Commitment 9: Publishing court decisions State Budget Supreme Court of in a unified database and creation of a (administration costs, in the 08 00 Program “Supreme Court of Georgia” Georgia retrieval system range of allocations) Both administration State Budget resource and donor (administration costs, in the Commitment 10: Increasing transparency funds will be used in the 30 01 "Public Order and International MIA of Georgia range of allocations) of MIA commitment fulfillment Cooperation Development/Deepening”

process, which is under Donor financing negotiations Administration of State Budget Commitment 12: Increasing transparency GoG, Government’s 04 00 “Administration of GoG " (administration costs, in the of the Public Grant Funding System Parliamentary 01 01 "Legislative activity" range of allocations) Secretary Donor financing Commitment 13: Electronic innovations LEPL State 62 00 “LEPL State Procurement Agency ", for more transparency and efficiency of Agency’s own funds 33,276.0 USD Procurement Agency within the framework of WB project public procurement (administration costs, in the range of allocations)

Ministry of Internally Both administration Donor financing Displaced Persons resource and donor 27 01 01 "Development and Management of

Commitment 14: Development of housing from Occupied funds will be used in the Policy in the Sphere of Internally Displaced State Budget √ policy document and action plan Territories, Labor, commitment fulfillment Persons from Occupied Territories, Labor, (administration costs, in the Health and Social process, which is under Health and Social Affairs" range of allocations) Affairs of Georgia negotiations

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Corresponding budget-provided program (Program Fiscal Commitment Responsible agency Source of finance Total value of activity Note code and name) /Name of corresponding deficit municipality/municipality program, with the indication

Both administration Donor financing resource and donor LEPL National Agency 24 06 01 Sub-program “State Property Commitment 15: Openness and funds will be used in the of State Property State Budget √ Administration” of the 24 06 Program “State Accountability of State-sharing Enterprises commitment fulfillment (NASP) (administration costs, in the Property Management”. process, which is under range of allocations) negotiations

Municipal authorities

Commitment 1: Strengthening Akhaltsikhe transparency and good governance in Municipality Town USAID GGI – full funding Akhaltsikhe Municipality budget municipalities Hall Dedoplistskaro Commitment 1 Municipality Town UNDP DGG - full funding Dedoplistskaro Municipality budget Hall Khoni Municipality Commitment 1 UNDP DGG - full funding Khoni Municipality budget Town Hall Municipality budget Ozurgeti Municipality Commitment 1 (administration costs, in the Ozurgeti Municipality budget Town Hall range of allocations)

Ozurgeti Municipality Municipality budget Commitment 1 Sakrebulo (Town (administration costs, in the Ozurgeti Municipality budget Assembly) range of allocations) Rustavi Municipality Commitment 1 UNDP DGG - full funding Rustavi Municipality budget Town Hall Tskaltubo Commitment 1 Municipality Town UNDP DGG - full funding Tskaltubo Municipality budget Hall Dusheti Municipality Commitment 1 UNDP DGG - full funding Dusheti Municipality budget Town Hall Bolnisi Municipality Commitment 1 UNDP DGG - full funding Bolnisi Municipality budget Town Hall

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Corresponding budget-provided program (Program Fiscal Commitment Responsible agency Source of finance Total value of activity Note code and name) /Name of corresponding deficit municipality/municipality program, with the indication Improving the open data Akhaltsikhe Commitment 2: collection and publishing process in Municipality Town USAID GGI - full funding Akhaltsikhe Municipality budget Akhaltsikhe and Kutaisi municipalities. Hall USAID GGI – partial funding Commitment 3: Improving the full-value engagement and participation of people Akhaltsikhe Municipality administration with disabilities in the political and social Municipality Town Akhaltsikhe Municipality budget costs, in the range of life of Akhaltsikhe and Kutaisi Hall allocations municipalities.

USAID GGI - partial funding

Kutaisi Municipality Commitment 3 Municipality administration Kutaisi Municipality budget Town Hall costs, in the range of allocations

Commitment 4: Improving citizen USAID GGI - partial funding engagement in budgetary processes in USAID GGI – Financing Batumi Municipality Batumi City through introduction of Municipality administration 315,000.0 GEL amount is not reflected Batumi Municipality budget Town Hall institutional mechanism of participatory costs, in the range of in the value/cost budgeting. allocations

Municipality budget Commitment 5: Your idea to Zugdidi Zugdidi Municipality (administration costs, in the - Zugdidi Municipality budget Mayor Town Hall range of allocations)

Municipality budget USAID GGI - Financing Commitment 6: Introduction and Batumi Municipality 397,000.0 GEL amount is not reflected Batumi Municipality budget development of electronic services Town Hall USAID GGI - partial funding in the value/cost

Rustavi Municipality Commitment 6 USAID GGI – full funding - Rustavi Municipality budget Town Hall Municipality administration Zugdidi Municipality Commitment 7: I.Gov. Zugdidi costs, in the range of Zugdidi Municipality budget Town Assembly allocations Commitment 8: Introduction of a system Ozurgeti Municipality Municipality administration of assessment of services and citizen Town Hall and costs, in the range of - Ozurgeti Municipality budget satisfaction level measurement in Ozurgeti Assembly allocations 38 | Page

Corresponding budget-provided program (Program Fiscal Commitment Responsible agency Source of finance Total value of activity Note code and name) /Name of corresponding deficit municipality/municipality program, with the indication Municipality

TOTAL 1,439,298.7 GEL

TOTAL 38,276.0 USD

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